Pay Yourself Over $10,000 a Year – 8 Tips to Build Your Foundation of Savings for Your Success

Have you saved any money for emergencies? How much have you saved in case you were laid off? Do you compile credit card debt instead of using your savings for emergencies? Do you have a problem with saving money vs. spending it? Have you tried it on your own and not been successful? Do you know there must be a better way?
Do you find it frustrating when you see other people having financial success? Wouldn’t you like to be one of those who don’t struggle and experience tremendous financial success? Don’t struggle any longer. Here are your 8 tips to build a solid foundation of savings for your future success.
Write every purchase and deposit in your check register when it occurs. Be prompt. This way your checkbook and funds available balance is always current and accurate. You cannot overspend and you are aware of your balance. You won’t ruin your budget because it is current.

Balance your checkbook weekly with your online bank register. Correct any errors in your check register such as missed entries. Add a check mark next to the balance amount on the date so you know where you were most recently accurate. Check the entries that have posted and keep this current.

Use your credit cards if you need to and only if you are able to easily pay the complete balance by the end of the month or statement due date. You won’t incur any late fees or interest fees if you completely pay the balance early and on time.

Withdraw $200 every week with an automatic transfer to a money market account – and do not use those funds unless there is an emergency. Act as though you were making a car payment and that money is gone and unavailable. Be disciplined and strong here. This is where you are paying yourself over $10,000 per year ($10,400 specifically).

You can increase this incrementally by adding as little as another $50 per transfer adding another $2,600 per year for a total annual savings of $13,000 per year. This is your gift to you. Impressive!

Next, deduct all of your regular expenses for this pay period right away in your check register and mark the actual date this will occur for each item.

You are predicting your future budget here. This will give you an accurate financial picture of your available balance for the pay period and incidental expenses. We often imagine we have more available than the reality exposes.

Watch your money market balance grow each week and enjoy the satisfaction in knowing that you are a saver – not a spender. It doesn’t take any discipline at all to spend money, and it takes a great deal of strength to save it.

Be powerful. Pay yourself first – over $10,000 per year and build your solid foundation of savings for your future success. You can do it. Be strong.